The History of the Computing Profession

Holmes, Neville (2008) The History of the Computing Profession. Computer, 41 (1). 112, 110-111. ISSN 0018-9162

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MC.2008.30

Abstract

This essay reviews the history of the computing profession from its beginnings many thousands of years ago, describes the persistent bifurcation between reckoning and accounting, describes also the history of the printing profession, and points out lessons the computing profession might learn from the printing profession.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	computing profession, printing profession, history
Subjects:	370000 Studies in Human Society > 370600 History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine > 370601 History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences
Collections:	UNSPECIFIED
ID Code:	2949
Deposited By:	Mr Neville Holmes
Deposited On:	23 Jan 2008 10:23
Last Modified:	23 Jan 2008 10:23
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